Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
The French were bred to die for loveThey delight in fighting duelsBut I prefer a man who livesAnd gives expensive jewels.
A kiss on the hand may be quite continentalBut diamonds are a girl's best friend.A kiss may be grand but won't pay the rentalOn your humble flat, or help you at the automat.
Men grow cold as girls grow oldAnd we all lose our charms in the end.But square-cut or pear-shapedThese rocks don't lose their shape:Diamonds are a girl's best friend!
Tiffany's!Cartier!Black!Starr!Frost!Gorham!Talk to me, Harry Winston, tell me all about it!
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyerBut diamonds are a girl's best friend.There may come a time when a hard-boiled employerThinks you're awful niceBut get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are highBut beware when they start to descend!It's then that those louses go back to their spousesDiamonds are a girl's best friend!
I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonicBut diamonds are a girl's best friend.And I think affairs that you must keep liaisonicAre better bets if little pets get big baguettes.
Time rolls on and youth is goneAnd you can't straighten up when you bendBut stiff back or stiff kneesYou stand straight at Tiffany's!
Diamonds... Diamonds...Diamonds... Diamonds...- I don't mean rhinestones -But diamonds,Are a girl's best -Best friends!